Mounting for fusion kettles



lAlSSUS June 5, H923.

Filed Nov. lo, 1919V OLIVER s. SLREPER, or BUFFALO, New YORK, ASSIGNOR To BUFFALO FOUNDRY a MACHINE COMPANY, or BUFFALO, NRW YORK, A CORPORATION or NRW YORK.

` MOUNTING FOR Application led November To all 107mm t may concern.

Be it known that I, OLIVER S. SLEEPER, a citizen of the United States, residing in Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented new and useful mprovements in Mountings for Fusion Kettles, of which the following is a specification. 'v A This invention relates to means for mounting kettles in which materials, such as carbolic acid, beta-naphthal, resorcine, nigrosine, &c., are fused and mixed, and it has for its purpose the production of means whereby the mixing device may be easily and conveniently inserted and removed from the kettle and the latter may be readily and quickly tilted for discharging its contents without liability of spilling or slopping over any of the material.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a top plan of my improved mounting for kettles and means for agitating its contents. Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section Of ,the same.

Similar characters of reference relate to like parts in both views.

10 represents the heating furnace which may be of any suitable construction to heat the contents of the kettle or pot 14 which is supported over the top of the furnace. 11 is a supporting frame mounted on the upper end of the furnace and provided on its front part with a spout 12 which receives the treated material from the kettle and discharges the same into any suitable receptacle. Above this frame is arranged a saddle 13 of annular form which normally rests on the frame and is pivotally connected at its front part with the front part of the frame so as to be capable of tilting forwardly relatively thereto by means of two horizontal pivot pins 15 each passing through corresponding eyes or lugs 16, 17 formed respectively on the frame and saddle. The pot or kettle is arranged within the saddle and frame and is provided at its upper edge with an annular external flange 18 which rests upon the upper side of the annular saddle 13 and is secured thereto by screws 40, or otherwise. The raising of the kettle for pouring its contents into the spout is preferably effected by attaching a hoisting tackle to a pair of eyes or lugs 19 on the rear edge of the kettle.

FUSION KETTLES.

10, 1919. Serial No. 336,801.

The means for agitating the contents of the pot or kettle are constructed as follows:

2O represents a bridge or cross piece extending normally across the top of the kettle and pivotally connected at its rear end with the rear part of the frame so that it can swing vertically independently of the kettle and its Ysaddle while the front end rests on the front part of the kettle and is adapted to be connected thereto by bolts or screws 24, as shown in Fig. 1. The pivotal connection between the bridge and frame ,is preferably effected by a horizontal pin 21 passing transversely through the rear end of the bridge and two lugs 22 arranged on the adjacent part of the frame. `The bridge may be lifted so that the frame and agitator mounted therein is removed from the kettle by removing the bolt 24 and connecting a hoisting device with an eye 23 at the front end of the bridge. On its central part the bridge is provided with a vertical bearing 26 in which is journaled the upper part of a central, upright shaft 25. The latter is turned by means which preferably comprise a horizontal shaft 27 arranged above the bridge and journaled in bearings 28, 28 thereon, the inner end of this horizontal shaft being operatively connected by a pair of intermeshing bevel gears 29, 3() secured respectively to the horizontal and vertical shafts 27 and 25 while the outer end of the horizontal shaft is provided with a sprocket wheel 31 which is adapted to receive a sprocket driving chain belt.

Normally arranged within the kettle and secured to the lower end of the central upright shaft 25 is a main agitating or stirring blade 32 which sweeps the entire internal space within the kettle and mixes the con tents therein. In addition to this the material is also further mixed by a pair of supplemental agitating or stirring blades 34 which are arranged on opposite sides of the central shaft 25 and turn about individualk axes arranged parallel with the axis of ro tation of the main mixing blade 32. The pivotal connection between each supplemental blade and the main blade is prefer( bly effected by means of a supplemental upright shaft 33 journaled on the main blade and the turning of both supplemental blades about their own axes is effected by a master or sun gear wheel 35 secured to the underl around the axis of the latter, thereby thor-e side of the bridge concentric with the central shaft meshing on-vitseopposite Sides the upper ends of the supplemental shafts `Inthis'manner the supplemental blades ouglily agitating and mixing the materials under treatment in the'kettle 'Wlli-le being?" heated.

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